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A review by difelicj
Medalon by Jennifer Fallon
4.0
This was a great start to a series! I really enjoyed the world created, the characters and the writing. It was paced well, intriguing, and fun to read.
We start the book by being introduced to R'shiel, a Novice in the Sisters of the Blade in Medalon. In Medalon, all religion is outlawed, and anyone practising worship is arrested by the Sisters. I really enjoyed learning about the history of this world and it's adjoining countries. The way that the world building was done was great, it didn't feel info dumpy and things were told to us throughout the book without being confusing or having me feel like the author was withholding information.
We also get to see a perspective from Brak - a Harshini/human man, part of the race that was "exterminated" by the Sisters. I really enjoyed seeing his perspective and how his story worked into it all as well.
I found the plot really intriguing, and well paced. I liked how the author wrote the story so that it really does feel like we need more books and how she created the situation we end up it. It was well crafted.
I enjoyed the characters and how they developed throughout the novel and how we got to know them. I did find some of the side characters to be a bit underdeveloped, but the had their place and their purpose and the author incorporated them well. I have a feeling some of these characters will show up more in the next book and we will get to see more of them.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and I'm glad that I accidentally bought the Lyre Thief without realizing I needed to read this trilogy first. Would recommend.
We start the book by being introduced to R'shiel, a Novice in the Sisters of the Blade in Medalon. In Medalon, all religion is outlawed, and anyone practising worship is arrested by the Sisters. I really enjoyed learning about the history of this world and it's adjoining countries. The way that the world building was done was great, it didn't feel info dumpy and things were told to us throughout the book without being confusing or having me feel like the author was withholding information.
We also get to see a perspective from Brak - a Harshini/human man, part of the race that was "exterminated" by the Sisters. I really enjoyed seeing his perspective and how his story worked into it all as well.
I found the plot really intriguing, and well paced. I liked how the author wrote the story so that it really does feel like we need more books and how she created the situation we end up it. It was well crafted.
I enjoyed the characters and how they developed throughout the novel and how we got to know them. I did find some of the side characters to be a bit underdeveloped, but the had their place and their purpose and the author incorporated them well. I have a feeling some of these characters will show up more in the next book and we will get to see more of them.
Overall, I really enjoyed this and I'm glad that I accidentally bought the Lyre Thief without realizing I needed to read this trilogy first. Would recommend.